18 -- RAPID II ON-RAMP OPPORTUNITY Rapid Spacecraft (Rapid II) is a multiple award of IDIQ, Fixed Price type contracts, for satellite bus core systems with any necessary modifications to meet specific scientific needs. The scope of the work includes integration of provided scientific instruments, integration and test, shipment of spacecraft to launch site, spacecraft launch support, on-orbit checkout of spacecraft, and on-orbit operations as required. Semi-annually, over the life of the contract, the Contracting Officer will accept and evaluate proposals with the intention of adding additional contracts and/or modifying existing contracts to add additional core buses and options. Proposals will be accepted by the RSDO Contracting Officer during the months of February and August. In addition, the Contracting Officer may periodically solicit proposals. If you are interested in submitting an On-Ramp proposal, we highly recommend that you contact the RSDO. Proposals shall be subject to the same proposal instructions and evaluation procedures as the Rapid II Request for Offers (RFO) dated August 19, 1999. Proposal instructions and evaluation procedures may be obtained from the following website: (http://rsdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/). Proposals are due at 4:30 eastern standard time (est) on the last working day of the month to the GSFC Bid Room, as specified in the RFO. For the second On Ramp, the due date is August 28, 2000. Non-US companies should contact the RSDO to arrange access to the Bid Room. WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#RFO5-00651-311-II. E-MAIL: Jerry P Edmond, jedmond@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov. Posted 07/18/00 (D-SN476071).

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